Acts 15:17
That the residue of men might seeke after the Lord, and all the Gentiles vpon whom my Name is called, saith the Lord which doeth all these things.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
18From the beginning of the worlde, God knoweth all his workes.
Cross References
Genesis 48:16The Angel, which hath deliuered me from all euill, blesse the children, and let my name be named vpon them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Izhak, that they may growe as fish into a multitude in the middes of the earth.
Numbers 6:27So they shall put my Name vpon the children of Israel, and I wil blesse them.
Psalms 22:26The poore shall eate and be satisfied: they that seeke after the Lord, shall prayse him: your heart shall liue for euer.
Psalms 72:17His name shall be for euer: his name shall indure as long as the sunne: all nations shall blesse him, and be blessed in him.
Isaiah 11:10And in that day the roote of Ishai, which shall stand vp for a signe vnto the people, the nations shall seeke vnto it, and his rest shall be glorious.
Isaiah 24:15Wherefore praise yee the Lord in the valleis, euen the Name of the Lord God of Israel, in the yles of the sea.
Matthew Henry on Acts 15:7-22
The Council at Jerusalem. 6 And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter. 7 And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe. 8 And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us; 9 And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by… Read the whole commentary →